Marlin Financial has stopped taking new customers as state investigators scrutinize its business practices. The online auto lender at the center of a Florida Attorney General investigation has a note on its website that it is “no longer accepting new loan applications” as of the end of September. The company offered no further explanation and…

We, the leadership at Time Finance Adjusters, are excited to announce that two of the nations’ most professional repossession trade associations, the American Recovery Association (ARA) and Time Finance Adjusters (TFA), are joining together. We believe this is the most signiﬁcant event to take place in the repossession industry in modern times. By taking advantage of each other’s strengths,…

SACRAMENTO – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has applauded Gov. Jerry Brown’s signing of Assembly Bill 3212, a measure that will strengthen California’s existing consumer protections for service members and military families, including California National Guard soldiers and airmen. Attorney General Becerra sponsored the bill and worked closely with the bill’s author, Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin,…

BRIDGEVILLE, Del. – Delaware State Police said two Sussex County men were arrested on assault charges after they tried to repossess someone’s car before spraying him with mace. DSP said troopers went to a home on the 6000 block of Federalsburg Road for a reported assault Tuesday. Once there, a 37-year-old man told police that two men…

HUBER HEIGHTS — A man is accused of stealing a tow truck driver’s vehicle as the driver was hauling away the man’s Cadillac, which was being repossessed, officers said. The incident started in the parking lot of the Verizon store on Old Troy Pike. Officers said the man stole the tow truck and drove off,…

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Some small businesses are scrambling to figure out how to stay afloat after a high court ruling. A recent California Supreme Court decision is changing the way independent contractors are classified, and it’s already having a big impact on local shops. May fear it will hurt millions of workers and affect businesses’ bottom lines. The work…

A Lancaster man faces charges after allegedly attacking a man repossessing his car. Lester St. Valle, 43, of the 300 block of Weaver Road, was charged with simple assault and unlawful restraint after an incident Aug. 9. According to police, the victim was a 42-year-old man who was “attempting to lawfully repossess St. Valle’s 2012…

A Bryan man was arrested Tuesday after police say he attacked the owner of a car dealership with a tire iron. According to Bryan police, officers responded to a car lot on North Texas Avenue around 3 p.m. Tuesday after receiving a report about a man with a baseball bat. Police spoke with Dexter Lamar…